"D. C. Sessions" wrote:
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> Some of us still have slide rules.
> Some of the REALLY cranky ones insisted on making our kids learn them.
> (Looks around furtively.)
>
> Old engineers never die, they just slip away.

Slip AND slide.

My vintage Dietzgen, made of finest bamboo, steel, and dry lubricant, hangs
framed behind glass on the wall in my home office. There, after yielding
many a useful 3 sig-fig result in my college and early work career, it hangs
as a proud reminder of past conquests. My children, on the other hand, refer
to it as a relic of the past - much like the Beetles, the Stones, and Dad.

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